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It follows therefore that happiness is at once the best, the noblest,
and the pleasantest of things: these qualities are not separated as the inscription at
Delos makes out— “
Justice is noblest, and health is best,
But the heart's desire is the pleasantest—,
” for the best activities possess them all; and it is the best activities, or one
activity which is the best of all, in which according to our definition happiness
consists.
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Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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